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anticholinesterase (an″te-) (an″ti-ko″lin-es´tәr-ās)   an agent that inhibits acetylcholinesterase, the enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine at junctions of cholinergic nerve endings and effector organs or postsynaptic neurons; this permits accumulation of acetylcholine and increases the stimulation of cholinergic receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Called also cholinesterase inhibitor.




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